Antonyms for crisp
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1. crispnoun

   Synonyms:
   potato chip, potato crisp

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1. chip, crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chipadjective

   a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

   Antonyms:
   stale, prolix, hot, indistinct, straight, tough

   Synonyms:
   chip, cow chip, microprocessor chip, fleck, poker chip, cow dung, silicon chip, check, potato chip, chip shot, microchip, scrap, flake, micro chip, splintering, chipping, bit, buffalo chip

2. crisp, sharpadjective

   (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

   "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"

   Antonyms:
   tough, prolix, stale, indistinct, hot, straight

   Synonyms:
   abrupt, nipping, astute, sharp, crispy, sharp-worded, incisive, shrill, kinky, penetrative, laconic, shrewd, snappy, terse, keen, curt, knifelike, needlelike, precipitous, discriminating, tart, acuate, acute, frizzly, frizzy, piercing, penetrating, nippy, frosty, nappy

3. crisp, crispyadjective

   tender and brittle

   "crisp potato chips"

   Antonyms:
   hot, indistinct, straight, tough, prolix, stale

   Synonyms:
   terse, nippy, frizzly, kinky, nappy, frizzy, curt, crispy, sharp, laconic, snappy, frosty, nipping

4. crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappyadjective

   pleasantly cold and invigorating

   "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"

   Antonyms:
   straight, prolix, tough, indistinct, hot, stale

   Synonyms:
   nappy, rimy, laconic, wintry, brisk, kinky, mordacious, sharp, curt, dashing, biting, frizzly, jaunty, pungent, frosty, frigid, terse, icy, glacial, rattling, dapper, spruce, crispy, natty, spanking, frozen, lively, nippy, raffish, nipping, barbed, alert, rimed, merry, spiffy, rakish, snappy, snappish, frizzy, whipping, zippy

5. crispadjective

   pleasingly firm and fresh

   "crisp lettuce"

   Antonyms:
   straight, hot, tough, prolix, stale, indistinct

   Synonyms:
   terse, nippy, frizzly, kinky, nappy, frizzy, curt, crispy, sharp, laconic, snappy, frosty, nipping

6. crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappyadjective

   (of hair) in small tight curls

   Antonyms:
   straight, prolix, indistinct, stale, hot, tough

   Synonyms:
   nipping, sharp, crispy, perverted, way-out, kinky, laconic, snappy, terse, curt, offbeat, far-out, frizzly, frizzy, quirky, nippy, frosty, nappy

7. crisp, curt, laconic, terseverb

   brief and to the point; effectively cut short

   "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"

   Antonyms:
   indistinct, hot, straight, tough, stale, prolix

   Synonyms:
   nipping, short(p), sharp, brusk, kinky, laconic, snappy, terse, curt, frizzly, frizzy, brusque, crispy, nippy, frosty, nappy

8. wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crispverb

   make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in

   "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"

   Antonyms:
   tough, stale, hot, straight, prolix, indistinct

   Synonyms:
   toast, crump, crease, crispen, ruckle, graze, rumple, hunker down, wrinkle, thud, crinkle, purse, hunker, rake, furrow, scrunch, crouch, scrunch up, crumple, squat

9. crispen, toast, crispverb

   make brown and crisp by heating

   "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"

   Antonyms:
   tough, straight, indistinct, hot, stale, prolix

   Synonyms:
   wrinkle, crispen, crinkle, scrunch up, crease, wassail, drink, salute, pledge, scrunch, ruckle, toast

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1. crispadjective

   Antonyms:
   tenacious, tough, flexible

   Synonyms:
   brittle, friable, short, crackling, lively, brisk

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CRISP

   Synonyms:
   Cholesterol Reduction In Seniors Program Arch

How to use crisp in a sentence?

1. Chief Executive Alan Armstrong:

   Right now our focus ought to be really crisp execution, running the business. That opportunity sits out there as upside, perhaps, in the future.

2. David Blewett:

   The hollows are remarkable because they have a crisp, fresh appearance, they are probably younger than a few tens of millions of years, but some hollows are probably forming today. It is amazing to find ongoing geological activity modifying the surface of Mercury.

3. George Hobica:

   But, I’ve been upgraded to first class, I think, just because I was nicely dressed. I was wearing a navy blue suit with a red tie and a crisp white shirt and everyone else looked like slobs.

4. Dan Pfeiffer:

   Hillary Clinton is an excellent debater, she is excellent, crisp, knows the substance up and down, is very good in the back and forth.

5. Dean Kukan:

   They forechecked us pretty hard tonight, they were in our face... and we could n’t seem to break the puck out clean. We were n’t very crisp.

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